Triggering VMS Actions

From Desigo CC, you can trigger actions on the connected Milestone/Siveillance video management system (VMS). For example, these may include:

  • Display multiple cameras on external VMS monitors not managed from within Desigo CC.
  • Switch a camera to a video player in the VMS client.
  • Arm/Unarm a specific device in the VMS that is not supported in Desigo CC.
  • Transfer parameters to a rule/macro in the VMS
  • Hand over event information to be used in VMS

The available triggers are those that are configured in the VMS as ‘user defined events’.

Activate a Trigger from the Contextual Pane

  1. In System Browser, select Applications > Video > Triggers > [trigger].
  • In the Operation tab, the Activate Trigger property provides commands for executing that action in the VMS.
  1. For a trigger without a parameter, click Activate.
  1. For a trigger that requires a parameter:
    a. Click Act by Cam.
    b. Enter one or more camera names in the field.
    NOTE: Multiple camera names must be comma separated, for example: src1, src2, src3. If one of the entered camera names is incorrect (a source with that name does not exist) the command fails and is not executed for any camera.
    c. Click Send.

Activate a Trigger from a Graphic

In graphics, triggers are represented by a lightning bolt symbol.

  1. Do one of the following:
  • Right-click the trigger symbol to send the Activate or Act by Cam command as you would from the Contextual pane.
  • Click the red circled arrow in the symbol to directly Activate the trigger